
Check your Frequency
If a Mains voltage device, like your coffee machine, stops working. Don’t just throw it away, check your frequency on your inverter. Many of these
If a Mains voltage device, like your coffee machine, stops working. Don’t just throw it away, check your frequency on your inverter. Many of these
There are a lot of people out on the internet happy to tell everyone that you can charge a Lithium battery (12V, or more accurately
During a storm, when your anchor is dragging or you have the motors on trying to hold your place its sometimes very nice to have
How to track down voltage problems with NMEA
If your Chart Plotter is capable you should turn on AIS tracking. Being able to see the track of a boat you may need to
Most modern MFD (multifunctional Displays) on boats can record your boat track via GPS whilst it moves along. Turning this on allows you to see
When you do your Captain certificates, you’ll be taught how to calculate Course To Steer (CTS) or the Heading you’ll need so your course over
Horn or light signals are not very common unless something goes wrong. But they are very easy to learn as there really are only a
I have a rather sophisticated LifePo4 battery system on our boat with a large solar array and its all managed by a very smart BMS
The knots you need to understand on a boat, in no particular order are: Bowline Knot. ties things on reliably without becoming impossible to untie